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HARPERCOLLINS. Paperback. Very Good. 1.1811 in x 7.4016 in x 5.0394 in.
THE HOBBIT 1st Edition, 3rd Impression by J. R. R. Tolkien - 1942
by J. R. R. Tolkien
THE HOBBIT 1st Edition, 3rd Impression
by J. R. R. Tolkien
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- Hardcover
- first
London: George Allen and Unwin. 1942. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. The book is bound in the publisher's original green cloth covers with black titles and decoration in a facsimile jacket. Presenting very well this is a nice clean copy with minimal signs of age or wear. A few light fox marks, very good. To go into great detail: the corners have softened just a touch and the spine tips have a couple of very tiny bumps and some soiling. Internally the book is again superb, all original with no restoration. Owner ink stamp to the second page. The book sits nice and square with some mild foxing to the first few leaves and occasionally through the book generally consistent with a book of this age. A little foxing to text block. Overall a real beauty. The first printing of The Hobbit was issued on 21st September 1937 with a print run of only 1500 copies. The book was an immediate success and sold out within months. This second impression was printed in December the same year in an edition of 2300 copies (423 of which were destroyed at the warehouse of the binder Key and Whiting in the bombing of London on November 7th 1940) and was the first printing to include the authors one colour plate, initially commissioned for and later published in the American edition. [Hammond A3a. ] An absolute collector's gem and as rare as the First and second Printing. In late 1942, Allen & Unwin printed 1,500 copies of a third impression under their imprint. ; All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. .
- Bookseller Rare Book Cellar (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used
- Edition First Edition; Third Printing
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher George Allen and Unwin
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1942
Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors
by Peter Haining
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780285621527 / 0285621521
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binding generally clean, straight & tight. Internals are clean, though pages have darkened which is common enough with many of these UK titles due to the paper stock selected. Unclipped wrapper has rubbing/dust dulling but no tears, chips or creases.11/2023
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The Ghouls
by Haining, Peter ed
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780813813653 / 0813813654
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- 1
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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Stein & Day, New York, 1972 (Second Printing- first published 1971), 8vo., 383. quarter red cloth over green paper boardsBook has a rear lower bumped corner and a bump to lower front. There also is some soiling(red) to the front and rear boards. Internals very clean. Unclipped jacket has a "scrunch" with accompanying "waves" to the lower rear with a crease extending to the flap fold. (please see images).
Inv. # 63596 TG* bds 7/2023
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
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- Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- No DJ Included
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
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- Hardcover
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
by Marianne Parrot
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- No DJ Included
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne, Jules
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
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- Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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The Case Against Satan
by Russell, Ray
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- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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black cloth binding. First Printing. boards have light edgewear, corners curved in slightly. Unclipped wrapper has a 15 mm open tear on the front at the top, minor soiling. Overall, a very tidy copy of Russell's first novel.
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The Bone People
by Hulme, Keri
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated 2nd Edition
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780807112847 / 0807112844
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Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone People is an unusual story of love. It is unusual in the telling, the subject matter, and the form of love that the story depicts. This is in no way a romance; it is filled with violence, fear, and twisted emotions. At the story's core, however, are three people who struggle very hard to figure out what love is and how to find it. Hulme won New Zealand's Pegasus Prize for Literature (1984) for The Bone People. Then the book went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize (1985).
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The Book of Life: A Novel: All Souls Trilogy, Book 3
by Deborah Harkness
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780670025596 / 0670025593
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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Black boards with gold writing on spine; author's initials embossed in gold on front board. Top and bottom of book spine rumpled; illustrations on inside of front and back board. Shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine; pages and binding still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $30.00 and 0714 on front dust jacket flap.Viking First Edition; Seventh Printing as indicated by complete number line ending in "7 9 10 8" on copyright page. Signed by author on title page.The third and final book in the All Souls trilogy, Harkness' novel "deepens her themes of power and passion, family and caring, past deeds and their present consequences." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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Strategem and Other Stories (Short story index reprint series)
by Crowley, Aleister
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780836939729 / 0836939727
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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Hardcover, Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York. 139p.This 1971 edition reprinted from the 1929 Mandrake. Silver titles on spine, Book for Libraries emblem blind-stamped lower right front board. Front pastedown has ghost of a bookseller's sticker; rear pastedown shows what appears to be an Army/Navy surplus stamp in red. A few tiny dark marks near the blind stamp and some soiling to top rear board. Minor blemishes withstanding, this is a very nice, collectible copy.Inv. # 32586 bds 2022
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